The Criminal Investigation Department on Friday filed a Tk 100-crore money laundering case against a former office peon of the Prime Ministerās Office, Jahangir Alam, also known as āPani Jahangirā.
The case was filed under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 with the Chatkhil police station in Noakhali, said a press release signed by CID special superintendent of police (media) Jasim Uddin Khan.
According to the press release, the financial crime unit of the CID lodged the case after finding significant evidence during a preliminary investigation.
Investigators found that Jahangir hailedĀ from a lower-middle-class family at Chatkhil upazila and began his careerĀ as a daily-wage employee at the parliament secretariat.
After the formation of the Awami League government in 2009, he briefly served as a personal assistant in the office of the then prime minister Sheikh Hasina ā a positionĀ that reportedly enabled him to accumulate illegal wealth, according to CID findings.
The Hasina regime was ousted on August 5Ā past year amid a mass uprising.
In 2010, Jahangir founded a company titled Sky Re-Arrange Limited and obtained a bKash distribution franchise.
He allegedly conducted numerous suspicious financial transactions under the guise of business, the release said.
Unusual amounts of money were deposited in multiple bank accounts of the company, it said, adding that the legitimate source of the money could not be found and was inconsistent with the business.
āMore than TkĀ 565 crore was transacted in the companyās accounts with various banks between 2010 and 2024,ā it said.
āA significant portion of the money was deposited in cash from various parts of the country. The source of the money is unknown and there is preliminary evidence that it isĀ involved in āhundiā and money laundering activities,ā added the press release.
The CID investigation found that Jahangir, with the help of his wife Kamrun Nahar and brother Monir Hossain, had allegedly been involved in illegal money transactions for a long time.
Jahangir and his wife moved to the United States in June 2024 and they are currently staying in Virginia.
Initial investigations did not find any government approval for their investments or asset purchases abroad.
āThe investigations have detected that Jahangir Alam, his wife Kamrun Nahar, brother Monir Hossain and the company Sky Re-Arrange Limited jointly laundered about TkĀ 100 crore abroad between 2010 and 2024,ā the release added.